Hudson Fysh cleans his QANTAS aeroplane.flight, aeroplane, hudson fysh, qantas, thargomindah

On photocopy Joy Beaudette Cripps Poet and Author born 13 June 1923 nee Wilkins Resident of Sunshine 1936 Now at 3 Mill Street Aspendale 3195 Photocopy of colour photograph Portrait of Joy Beaudette Cripps with her order insignia See written text on her life filed in the documents section Born Joyce Wilkins on 13 June 1923 to Stanley Wilkins a Welshman and Lily Beaudette Driscoll an Australian in Brunswick Victoria Joyces father Stanley worked as a railway employee and served in the Australian Army during WWI In the early 1920s Stanley was working for the richmond Cable Tramways as a conductor Stanley and his wife Lily lived in Brunswick before moving to 101 Reynard Street Coburg In the early 1940s Joyces parents Stanley and Lily were living at 9 McKay Street Sunshine Stanley was listed as a pastry cook and Lily as a confectionist with a shop at 217 Hampshire Road Sunshine During the 1940s Stanley was the Australasian Draughts Champion Joyce married Charles Chas John Cripps on the 2 December 1944 in Melbourne Charles served with the Australian Navy during WWII In the late 1940s Charles and Joyce were living at 9 McKay Street Sunshine with Joyces parents John was listed as working as a radio assembler and Joyce was at home with house duties Charles and Joyce had two sons Robert Raymond and Peter John By the 1950s the family were living at 3 Monash Street Sunshine By 1960 Charles and Joyce were living at 3 Mill Street Aspendale During the Vietnam War their son Robert served as a private in the Army Joyce enjoyed simple things in life such as horticulture cycle riding traveling into the Australian Bush and meeting up with her poetry friends Joyce was the founding President of the Melbourne Poetry Society In 1982 Joyce organised the Melbourne Poetry Day which was held at the State Film Centre MacArthur Street East Melbourne Joyce published a paper called the Leonardo Da Vincis Ingenious Door to the Mind Joyce was elected as a Life Member of the International Biographical Association There is a list of her poems included in the documentjoy beaudette cripps, author

For many years Legacy was invited to bring junior legatees to Government House for for an enjoyable Legacy Christmas party. There were entertainers, carousels and often a train ride. And the joy of a Christmas present for each child. This photo shows a toddler riding a pony, which is being led by another boy in service uniform. It is from 1945 and was part of a photo album of many photos from the 1940s.An important photographic record of the work of Legacy in the 1940s.Black and white photo of a boy having a pony ride at Government House, part of a photo album with blue leather look back and front cover. One of 20 pages with black and white photos attached to the majority of both sides of the pages.junior legatees, christmas, junior legatee outing, horse

A vintage 1950's hardcover children's book with the title Bonzo's Annual printed at the top in green lettering on the front cover.There is a large coloured illustration of the dog Bonzo riding on a rocket above the town rooftops with a smiling full moon in the sky. It is bound on the left side with faded grey fabric tape. The back cover is plain grey coloured.The frontispiece illustration shows Bonzo on a swing attached by ropes to a giraffe's long neck with a monkey and two toucan birds looking on. The illustration is from the story 'Bonzo's Festival. The title page has the title, author, illustrator, publisher details and a coloured illustration of Bonzo as an artist at his easel. Pp. 92.fictionA vintage 1950's collection of Bonzo the dog stories for children with two tone coloured illustrations throughout the book. Bonzo has a lot of fun adventures. These Bonzo annuals were popular from 1935. They ceased publication during the war years and resumed afterwards.children's books, books, children's stories, dog stories, annuals

This photograph depicts Joy Rainey (leftmost), Keith Rainey (rightmost), and another child. Joy and Keith look slightly younger than they do in another photograph from 1951, so it is likely this photograph was taken in the late 1940s. They are riding a cart owned by H. Wilson, the baker at Emerald - the old bakery was once at what is now the rear of 1 Kilvington Drive.This photograph depicts members of a significant local family.This item is a black and white photograph. The reverse features printed technical information and handwritten annotations. In the photograph are three children in a horsecart; a girl sits on the edge of the cart on the left, while two boys are on the seat looking over their shoulders to face the camera. The cart has writing on the side advertising the Emerald bakery; it is pulled by a single horse. The immediate background features a dirt road proceeding into trees; in the far background a wooded hill rises behind the cart.Reverse, Handwritten: "RAINEY FAMILY / AVONSLEIGH" Reverse, Printed: "10 763 096--B~1.JPG 1 25.09.05 05.10.06" Obverse, side of horsecart: "PHONE 38 / H. WILSON / BAKER / EMERALD" rainey family, joy rainey, keith rainey, 1940s, avonsleigh